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BULLETIlSr- 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTTJEE. 



The Shalltj Group. 



Shallu was introduced from India about 25 years ago and first 

 grown in Louisiana. From there it was carried westward to Texas, 

 where it is still sparingly grown. In the past 10 years it has been 

 widely exploited ^ under fanciful and misleading names, such as 

 ''Cahfornia Wheat," "Egyptian Wheat," "Old Mexico Desert 

 Wheat-corn," etc. 



Table XXXVII. — Agronomic data for shallu grown at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station 

 during the 9-year period from 1908 to 1916, inclusive. 



[In the statement of yields per acre the bushel is rated at 58 pounds.] 





Row space. 



Length of period. 



1 



M 

 W 



"3 



C3 

 ft 



s 



W 



.g 



-a 



Seed in— 



Yields per acre. 



Year and 

 C.I. No. 



1 





.g 

 > 



.g 



Eh 



d 

 







1 





 







EH 







 m 



1908: 

 85 



Ins. 

 10.1 



Ins. 

 3.8 



Bays. 



78 

 78 

 78 



Bays. 



Bays. 



P.ct. 

 62.3 



P.ct. 



Feet. 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



Lhs. 



Lbs. 



Bus. 



125 



















217 



10.5 



3.7 







64.7 



































Average... 



10.3 



3.2 



78 







63.5 





6.0 















1910; 



85 



102.2 

 24.6 

 2^.4 

 30.2 

 19.9 

 54.6 

 33.7 

 23.3 



14.4 

 5.9 

 6.2 

 7.2 

 4.7 

 12.4 

 17.0 

 5.7 



a 91 

 a 91 

 a 97 

 "97 

 097 

 a 61 

 091 



35 

 34 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 51 

 61 



126 

 125 

 126 

 126 

 126 

 128 

 142 



84.5 

 76.1 

 74.5 

 80.8 

 76.3 

 77.2 

 49.5 

 75.7 



66.7 



6.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 6.5 

 5.7 

 5.5 





. 











125 















165 















217 















349 















383 















387 















380 







































Average... 



39.1 



9.2 



89 



36.8 



128.4 



74.3 



65.3 



5.2 





























1911: 

 85 . ... 







87 

 87 

 87 

 87 



38 



38 

 38 

 38 



125 

 125 

 125 

 125 







5.5 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 



60.3 

 56.7 

 45.4 

 50.9 



25.9 

 31.4 

 23.1 



27.8 



42.9 



55.4 

 48.4 

 54.6 



2,525 

 4,856 

 2,293 

 5,093 



1,525 

 2,756 

 1,093 

 2,593 



8 9 



125 











26 3 



217 











9 1 



349 . . . 











24 4 





















87 



38 



125 







5.8 



53.3 



27.0 



50.3 



3,692 



1,992 



17.2 















1912: 



85 



125 



16.2 

 15.6 

 31.7 

 20.0 

 20.8 

 105.6 



3.4 

 3.5 

 6.2 

 4.4 

 4.7 

 18.2 



96 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 96 



35 

 35 

 35 

 35 

 35 

 35 



131 

 131 

 131 

 131 

 131 

 131 



79.0 



77.5 

 80.4 

 77.9 

 77.3 

 71.2 



15.4 

 22.1 

 40.2 

 35.1 

 46.3 

 60.9 



4.0 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 4.3 

 4.3 

 4.0 



9.0 

 14.3 

 21.1 

 16.9 

 18.3 

 28.4 



5.5 

 8.8 

 12.2 

 9.8 

 10.8 

 11.4 



61.2 

 62.1 

 57.6 

 58.0 

 59.3 

 40.1 



4,070 

 4,108 

 3,425 

 4,553 

 5,435 

 1,538 



370 

 588 

 725 

 773 

 995 

 438 



3.9 

 6.6 



165 



7.2 



217 



7.7 



349 



10.2 



387 



3.0 



Average... 



34.9 



6.7 



96 



35 



131 



77.2 



36.6 



4.1 



18.0 



9.7 



56.4 



3,855 



648 



6.4 



1913: 

 85 



7.2 

 13.9 

 8.0 

 8.4 

 9.5 

 17.6 



3.6 

 6.6 



4.2 

 4.5 









49.2 

 54.1 



47.8 

 51.5 

 50.3 



58.8 





2.0 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 2.0 















125 





















165 





















217 





















349 



4.7 

 7.3 





















387 









































Average 



10.7 



5.1 









51.9 





2.0 



































1914: 

 85 



4.8 

 12.6 

 19.0 



2.9 

 5.2 

 6.7 



66 

 88 

 133 



50 



55 



116 

 143 



39.0 



59.2 

 64.9 



6.5 



4.0 

 8.0 

 3.5 



4.8 



3.4 



70.0 



4,100 



200 



2.1 



1915: 

 85 



34.5 



1916: 

 85 



































a First and only heads. 



1 Ball, C. R. Three much-misrepresented sorghums 

 2 fig. 1910. 



Rothgeb, B. E. Shallu, or "Egyptian wheat": A late-maturing variety of sorghum, 

 Farmers' Bui. 827, 8 p., 2 fig. 1917. 



tJ. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. Cir. 60, 14 p., 

 U. S. Dept. Agr., 



